– Kaieteur News article erroneous

I WRITE in relation to an article published on the front page of the Kaieteur News Tuesday edition dated January 14, 2014 under the caption, “Robb Street Granny Execution… Abusive language hurled, death threats at Magistrate…as two committed to stand trial in High Court”.

In that article I was stated to be the lawyer of either one or both of the two accused, Kevin October and Cleon Hinds, who were committed to stand trial for murder by Magistrate McLennan on Monday January 13, 2014.
Please be informed that I am not the lawyer representing either accused nor was I in court at the time the two men were committed and, therefore, I could not have made any representation to the learned magistrate on their behalf.
I was also not present in that scenario of mayhem and tumult your reporter described in the said article. In light of the above, I request that Kaieteur News publish an immediate retraction of the references to myself in that article in as prominent a position as accorded the said article.

BASIL WILLIAMS
Attorney-at-Law